<content>The M.S. degree is an academic degree in Health andSciencesand requires writing a research thesis. Thus, the M.S. portion of the JMPoffers students the opportunity to do academic research while in medicalschool.</content>

<summary>On-screen simulations of clinical settings have been used foreducational purposes since the 1970s. Despite this, it is only now that these'virtual patients' are increasingly forming a part of the medical educationmainstream.</summary>